1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Nath Bio-genes (I) Limited having CIN:L01110MH1993PLC072842 ("the Company"), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31st March2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), StandaloneStatement of Cash Flows and Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe Standalone financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with Indian Accounting Standards prescribedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended("Ind AS") and the other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March 2025 and its Profit (financial performance including other comprehensive income), the changesin equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the rules there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of Matter
4. Attention is invited to note no 31 in respect of recovery of Rs 54.03 Lakhs against the provisioning of certainadvances granted to farmers / growers in earlier years which were considered doubtful of recovery.
5. Attention is invited to note no 37 in respect confirmations yet to be received on certain accounts of TradeReceivable, Trade Payable, Unsecured Loans, Employees, Loans and Advances (including advances given togrowers and inter party transfer & balances).
Key Audit Matters
6. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe standalone financial statements of the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our auditof the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit mattersto be communicated in our report.
Audit Procedures
Agricultural Activities
The company is engaged in the production andprocessing of commercial and vegetable seeds at variouspieces of lands taken on lease from various land owners/growers/farmers spread over throughout India. Thecompany enters into seed production agreements withthese farmers / growers. The company is compensatingthe farmers/growers for various cultivation expensesbased upon the rate agreement entered in to. Thus, thecompany is engaged in the growing of various kinds ofseeds based on the programs chalked out by themanagement depending on the area, climaticconditions, soil conditions, water resources, educationof farmers, processing facilities etc.
We have performed the following principal auditprocedures in relation to Agricultural Activities:¬- Evaluation and understanding of Seed productionagreements.
- Verification and evaluation of the documents forexistence of land owners/farmers/growers of theseeds on sample basis.
- Verification and evaluation of documents onsample basis for the existence of leasehold land.
- Evaluation of the control / supervision over thecrop.
- Evaluating the appropriateness of the adequatedisclosures in accordance with the applicableaccounting standards.
Adoption of Ind AS 116 Leases
The Company has leasing arrangements for operatingleases for lands and premises (Agricultural lands, office,stores, go-down etc.), which are cancellable andrenewable by mutual consent. The aggregate leaserentals are charged as rent in the Statement of Profitand Loss.
Our audit procedures on adoption of Ind AS 116 include:
- Assessed and tested processes and controls in respectof the lease accounting standard (Ind AS 116);
- Assessed the company's evaluation on identificationof leases based on the contractual agreements andour knowledge of the business;
- Assessed the key terms and conditions of each leasewith the under lying lease contracts and evaluationof the lease liability.
- Assessed and tested the presentation and disclosuresrelating to Ind AS 116.
Information other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
7. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the annual report but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
8. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
9. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and,in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements orour knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work wehave performed, we conclude that there is material misstatement of this other information; we are required toreport that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
10. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respectto the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows ofthe Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Ind ASspecified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
11. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
12. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
13. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with Standards on Auditing will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesefinancial statements.
14. As part of an audit in accordance with Standard on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
a. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
b. Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company and its subsidiary companies which are companiesincorporated in India, has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectivenessof such controls.
c. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
d. Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that maycast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the relateddisclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
e. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
15. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control thatwe identify during our audit.
16. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other mattersthat may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
17. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that wereof most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
18. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure A" astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable. As required bySection 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
( c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2021 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2021 from being appointed asa director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 of the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer Note 33 to the financial statements;
ii The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
iv (a) the Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material
either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person orentity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) the Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the company from any person or entity,including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and.
(c) Based on audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and(ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material mis-statement.
(v) In respect of dividend: -
a. The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year, is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
b. No interim dividend is declared by the Company during the year.
c. The Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend for the year ended 31st March 2025 whichis subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The appropriation entry ofthe final dividend will be made after approval in the ensuring annual general meeting. Further, the amount ofdividend paid for financial year 2023-24 was in accordance with section 123 of the Act.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended 31st March 2025 which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been made operational throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, during our audit we did not come across any instance of the audittrail feature being tampered with.
For Gautam N AssociatesChartered AccountantsFRN: 103117W
Gautam NandawatPartnerM No:032742UDIN: 25032742BMJJKC5301
Place: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Dated: 29-04-2025